Order of the Cincinnati in France

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. During that War the Commissioned Officers of the Regular Rhode Island Continental Line were more intimately associated with their French Brethren than were the American Officers from other parts of the United States. Of these French Officers, several served under Continental Commissions at the siege of Newport and Battle of Rhode Island.